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The Cloudcast

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The Cloudcast (@cloudcastpod) is the industry's #1 Cloud Computing podcast, and the place where Cloud meets AI.  Co-hosts Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) & Brian Gracely (@bgracely) speak with technology and business leaders that are shaping the future of business. Topics will include Cloud Computing | AI | AGI | ChatGPT | Open Source | AWS | Azure | GCP | Platform Engineering | DevOps | Big Data | ML | Security | Kubernetes | AppDev | SaaS | PaaS . 

Episodes

The Early AI Journey and Learning Curve

As more companies begin to adopt AI into their workforce and day-to-day processes, it will be interesting to watch how their learning curve is spread across knowledge workers. SHOW: 920 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #920 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud SHOW NOTES: AI Horseless Carriages (A...

May 04, 202522 min

DevOps Meets Platform Engineering

Mark Freydl (CEO/Founder @codiacio) talks about the challenges of blending IaaC, DevOps and Platform Engineering to drive efficient software development lifecycles. SHOW: 919 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #919 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Codiac website Codiac at Tech Field Day Topic 1 - Welcome to the show, Mark. Give everyone ...

Apr 30, 202527 min

Five Thoughts on AI Agents

There is a lot of excitement around AI Agents. Here are five questions we're asking ourselves about how AI Agents will be used and managed. SHOW: 918 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #918 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud SHOW NOTES: Anthropic warns that fully AI employees are a year away ...

Apr 27, 202519 min

The Intersection of AI and APIs

Taylor Pechacek (Head of Product, API Collaboration Core @getpostman) talks about APIs, AI, and MCP (Model Context Protocol). We cover what is top of mind for developers and what has shifted in the industry recently. SHOW: 917 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #917 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut En...

Apr 23, 202544 min

AI Augmenting vs. Replacing

Instead of focusing on augmenting existing teams and processes with AI, are we beginning to see more companies looking to replace teams with AI? Will economic pressure increase this likelihood? SHOW: 916 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #916 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50...

Apr 20, 202528 min

Deep Learning Meets CyberSecurity

Evan Powell (@epowell101, CEO at DeepTempo) talks about the intersection of CyberSecurity, Deep Learning and new AI techniques to improve operational security. SHOW: 915 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #915 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SPONSORS: Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today SHOW NO...

Apr 16, 202527 min

Tempering AI Expectations in the Enterprise

Are companies starting to get concerned that AI isn’t meeting expectations? Concern is a part of any new technology adoption curve, but let’s explore some areas where expectations might not be meeting results. SHOW: 914 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #914 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Suppor...

Apr 13, 202529 min

AI Agents vs. AI Assistants

Dan Lee, (@_dan_lee_, CEO Nooks.ai, @JoinNooks) talks about agentic AI vs. AI assistants, their differences, and we explore ROI in this space vs. GenAI and common paths to adoption. SHOW: 913 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #913 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50%...

Apr 09, 202525 min

How Things Can Change for the 800lb Gorilla in Tech

How is it possible for the 900lb gorilla of an industry to stumble or fall from it's heights? Let's explore how emerging trends can knock industry leaders off the top of the mountain. SHOW: 912 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #912 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud Book a Call Today w...

Apr 06, 202525 min

AI & Cloud Trends for March 2025

Aaron Delp, Brian Gracely and Brandon Whichard discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from March 2025 including recent M&A activity. SHOW: 911 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #911 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud SHOW NOTES: Link to Marc...

Apr 02, 202551 min

That Feeling of Losing Technical Knowledge

What happens when you consider moving from a technical role to a lesser technical role? What are the trade-offs? What new skills do you need to evolve? SHOW: 910 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #910 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud SHOW NOTES: Software Defin...

Mar 30, 202522 min

Virtualizing Kubernetes Clusters

With Kubecon coming up next week, we speak to Lukas Gentele (@LukasGentele, Co-Founder/ CEO at Loft Labs (@loft_sh)), about virtualizing Kubernetes SHOW: 909 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #909 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud SHOW NOTES: Lo...

Mar 26, 202533 min

Are Acquisitions Making a Comeback?

We’re starting to see some hints that M&A activities might start heating up in the tech sector again. So what should you expect if a company gets acquired? What are some common scenarios and activities to be aware of? SHOW: 908 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #908 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterpri...

Mar 23, 202533 min

Migrating from Infrastructure as Code

Adam Jacob (@adamhjk, CEO/Founder @thesysteminit) talks about the evolution and intersection of DevOps 2.0, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and what’s next SHOW: 907 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #907 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud SHOW NOT...

Mar 19, 202533 min

Decoding Corporate Communications

How well does your company handle internal and external corporate communications? Are company town halls a nightmare? How should you engage with them and how can the company manage them better? SHOW: 906 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #906 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50...

Mar 16, 202536 min

AI Impacts Across Organizations & Startups

Jon Duren, Sr. Practice Manager, AI & Data @wwt_inc & Druce MacFarlane, Product @Infoblox talks about the intersection of AI, Startups, and Enterprise Trends. SHOW: 905 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #905 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK : http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US ...

Mar 12, 202526 min

Five Things I Did This Week

Does your management chain know what you’re doing to bring value to your company, your group or just your role? How do you communicate value for accountability, visibility, and promotability? SHOW: 904 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #904 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% ...

Mar 09, 202531 min

Cloud & AI News Trends for February 2025

Brian Gracely and Brandon Whichard discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from February 2025 including NVIDIA’s earnings, Hashicorp, Intel’s CEO trio, Developer Co-Pilots, and RIP Skype. SHOW: 903 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #903 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Cost...

Mar 05, 202537 min

Bathing in the Confusion around GenAI

Right now the news around GenAI seems scattered, all of the place, and confusing. Let’s dig into what’s working, what’s not, and where some future trends are heading. SHOW: 902 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #902 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud SHOW NOTES:...

Mar 02, 202531 min

Developer Assistance with Coding Co-Pilots

Andrew Filev (@andrewsthoughts, Founder @zencoderai) talks about the state and future of developer coding co-pilots. SHOW: 901 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #901 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW SPONSORS: Try Postman AI Agent Builder Today Cut Enterprise IT Support Costs by 30-50% with US Cloud SHOW NOTES: ZenCoder website Topic 1 - Welcom...

Feb 26, 202531 min

What is your industry's DeepSeek moment?

We reached show #900!! We explore what happens when your industry experiences it’s DeepSeek moment, and how prepared you are across technology, organizational and economic changes. SHOW: 900 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #900 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Cloud News of the Month - January 2025 - DeepSeek Best 100 Technology Podcasts Top Cloud Co...

Feb 23, 202521 min

VMware Migrations

Madhura Maskasky (@madhuramaskasky, Chief Product Officer at @Platform9Sys) talks about the current state of the VMware virtualization market, thoughts on migrations, and factors to consider to speed migrations. SHOW: 899 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #899 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SPONSORS: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use...

Feb 19, 202523 min

How will AI impact your IT budget?

As AI begins to make its way into the Enterprise, how will the experimentation, adoption and operations of AI impact 2025 and beyond IT budgets? SHOW: 898 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #898 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: WHERE WILL IT BUDGETS MOST LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY AI IN 2025-2026? Is your focus on human-augmented capabilities or human-replac...

Feb 16, 202521 min

The Path to Tech Executive Roles

Drew Saur (Founder, Drew Saur Coaching) talks about the state of the job market in 2025, how delivery and measurements have changed, how to stand out, and what to think about when interviewing for a new role, especially at the executive level SHOW: 897 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #897 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Drew Saur Exe...

Feb 12, 202526 min

Welcome to the Bi-Modal Cloud Era

After a decade of Bi-Modal IT discussion, we’ve now reached the era of Bi-Modal Cloud. Balancing traditional CPU-based cloud resources is now clashing with the demands of GPU-based AI cloud needs. Let’s explore! SHOW: 896 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #896 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Public cloud providers are missing the market with AI (David...

Feb 09, 202527 min

Cloud & AI News of the Month - January 2025

Brian Gracely, Aaron Delp, and Brandon Whichard discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from January 2025 including the new DeepSeek model that is shaking up the industry. SHOW: 895 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #895 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Link to January 2025 news and articles SEGMENTS COVERED IN THE SHOW: Good Old Fashio...

Feb 05, 202531 min

Shut up and write code!

It feels like we’ve gone the last 15+ years of tech without really having to directly involve politics in the discussion. But that seems to be coming to an end, in a big way. Let discuss if we can discuss tech without discussing politics. SHOW: 894 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #894 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: United States vs. IBM United Stat...

Feb 02, 202519 min

Modernizing Video Production with AI

Tim Huckaby (@TimHuckaby, CTO at Lucihub) talks about building modern AI applications to generate business video, the human vs AI interactions, and the importance of domain expertise. SHOW: 893 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #893 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Lucihub (homepage) Lucihub - AI powered video creation platform (YouTube...

Jan 29, 202538 min

Big Announcements or BIG Announcements?

At a time when many AI and Cloud announcements are happening, how can we determine which ones are important, disruptive, or just me-too? SHOW: 892 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #892 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Brian Gracely on Software Defined Interviews (podcast) The Stargate Project (Jan 2025) Deepseek models attempts to rival OpenAI (Jan 20...

Jan 26, 202527 min

SaaS Pricing & Startup Monetization

James D. Wilton (@jamesdwilton, Managing Director, @Monevat ) talks about pricing strategies for SaaS products and organizations as well as his new book, Capturing Value: The Definitive Guide to Transforming SaaS Pricing and Unshackling Growth SHOW: 891 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #891 Transcript SHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SHOW NOTES: Monevate (...

Jan 22, 202534 min
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